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Comparing NC State to Research Peer Institutions

Total Federal R&D Expenditures Over Time
(Dollars in Thousands)

Institution
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Johns Hopkins Univ
$1,022,510
$1,106,971
$1,229,426
$1,277,292
$1,307,453
Univ of Washington
$487,059
$565,602
$625,218
$606,317
$650,394
Univ of Michigan
$444,255
$516,818
$521,339
$554,516
$565,739
Stanford Univ
$426,620
$483,540
$541,667
$574,675
$540,069
Univ of Wisconsin - Madison
$345,003
$396,231
$434,423
$477,582
$491,810
Univ California - Los Angeles
$366,762
$421,174
$461,145
$469,889
$483,873
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
$330,409
$356,206
$427,552
$457,235
$476,362
Univ of California - San Diego
$359,383
$400,100
$465,629
$463,946
$463,807
Columbia Univ in the City of New York k
$356,749
$385,529
$406,576
$453,188
$451,187
Univ of Colorado
$340,466
$377,941
$414,986
$449,366
$448,350
Univ of Pittsburgh
$306,913
$345,625
$394,444
$420,281
$422,316
Duke Univ
$261,356
$306,864
$347,896
$376,568
$414,419
Washington Univ in St Louis
$303,441
$357,364
$371,043
$400,699
$408,402
Harvard Univ
$336,607
$348,620
$399,764
$395,906
$403,458
Cornell Univ
$270,578
$320,868
$339,107
$365,694
$390,043
Pennsylvania State Univ
$284,706
$301,094
$347,996
$358,569
$367,215
Yale Univ
$274,304
$296,713
$330,837
$332,702
$348,500
Univ of Southern California
$266,645
$300,195
$312,589
$330,126
$333,378
Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$254,571
$280,678
$304,204
$320,294
$329,215
Univ of Minnesota
$295,301
$293,266
$307,677
$319,771
$326,170
Ohio State Univ
$177,883
$198,488
$284,675
$294,053
$315,914
Case Western Reserve Univ
$181,888
$205,452
$195,525
$212,485
$306,980
Univ of Arizona
$211,772
$259,074
$283,956
$292,811
$301,619
Vanderbilt Univ
$172,858
$221,979
$261,484
$281,694
$300,423
Univ of Rochester
$195,298
$208,148
$231,193
$257,497
$278,399
Univ of Texas at Austin
$219,158
$231,996
$235,281
$254,529
$273,147
Emory Univ
$186,083
$228,255
$243,248
$266,868
$267,894
Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
$214,323
$266,487
$275,896
$289,985
$264,645
Univ of California - Berkeley
$217,297
$238,206
$268,830
$290,960
$261,718
Georgia Institute of Technology
$165,680
$203,582
$237,483
$245,130
$257,751
Univ of Chicago
$183,830
$201,129
$229,102
$245,679
$253,471
Northwestern Univ
$178,607
$200,316
$230,593
$244,113
$249,980
California Inst of Technology
$199,944
$219,097
$244,187
$249,371
$248,591
Univ of Florida
$167,108
$194,958
$221,898
$231,699
$248,322
Univ of California - Davis
$176,644
$208,327
$221,937
$240,003
$248,190
Univ of Iowa
$180,743
$197,260
$209,865
$216,354
$216,521
Univ of Maryland at College Park
$194,095
$183,206
$180,943
$196,008
$209,764
Texas A&M Univ
$163,488
$177,119
$173,705
$212,923
$206,242
Univ of Virginia
$152,358
$173,442
$188,121
$200,726
$203,778
New York Univ
$149,995
$166,033
$181,441
$191,782
$189,276
Carnegie Mellon Univ
$137,967
$157,583
$172,858
$173,902
$185,389
Indiana Univ
$132,759
$153,625
$166,913
$171,528
$170,635
Univ of California - Irvine
$115,548
$133,873
$150,995
$161,524
$169,983
Michigan State Univ
$122,595
$133,820
$143,473
$156,461
$169,116
Purdue Univ
$107,477
$129,199
$144,090
$150,351
$157,438
SUNY at Buffalo
$121,376
$129,794
$143,865
$151,890
$153,152
Univ of Nebraska
$82,728
$96,627
$115,833
$129,216
$139,113
North Carolina State Univ
$91,981
$96,157
$103,586
$109,128
$131,262
Rutgers the State Univ of New Jersey
$91,205
$110,041
$128,655
$137,609
$129,456
Virginia Polytechnic Inst & St Univ
$82,976
$98,143
$95,669
$109,842
$119,994
Princeton Univ
$97,724
$104,011
$111,435
$120,042
$117,845
Univ of Kansas
$82,663
$92,888
$101,920
$110,768
$115,522
SUNY at Stony Brook
$108,122
$112,452
$123,124
$125,781
$112,973
Univ of California - Santa Barbara
$78,370
$88,422
$92,248
$103,955
$106,169
Iowa State Univ
$71,419
$82,297
$92,235
$98,005
$104,553
Univ of Missouri - Columbia
$77,742
$84,211
$90,304
$96,038
$101,732
Brown Univ
$68,215
$81,445
$84,126
$90,857
$96,922
Univ of Georgia
$78,086
$93,884
$96,348
$102,966
$92,652
Tulane Univ
$64,824
$82,118
$87,917
$94,628
$84,052
Rice Univ
$39,739
$43,706
$51,157
$54,735
$53,880
Univ of Oregon
$37,177
$36,127
$43,634
$43,564
$46,583
Brandeis Univ
$29,006
$33,722
$38,041
$39,788
$41,184
Syracuse Univ
$32,704
$34,559
$43,162
$46,945
$25,299

Source: National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Studies,
Survey of Research and Development Expenditures at Universities and Colleges, Fiscal Year 2006

Johns Hopkins University includes Applied Physics Laboratory

For more information e-mail: karen_helm@ncsu.edu